Asus ups the ante with a new 540 Hz gaming monitor

CES 2023 is not just an electronics fair: it is a competition, a catwalk to hang medals and see who goes the furthest in any imaginable field, however ridiculous things may be. And from this sometimes bizarre list come products like the new ROG Swift Pro PG248QP, the first 540 Hz monitor. That’s how things are at Asus and CES.

According to the company, its fastest monitor to date derives directly from the Asus ROG Swift 500 Hz, announced in May 2022 and since missing in action. During all this time, its engineers (and presumably those of AUO) have been looking for ways to raise the frequency of their 24.1-inch TN panel beyond its initial limits, all while introducing improvements of various kinds to make it a most attractive proposition.

Being a monitor dedicated 100% to fans of eSports and high-level competitive gaming, its resolution is Full HD. It really is the only way you could take advantage of its unprecedented refresh rate. It also has a G-Sync module and Nvidia Reflex latency reduction technology.

Other interesting details, not to say peculiar, are the presence of a Quad DAC ESS integrated into the monitor itself to output high-quality sound using its 3.5 mm connector, as well as a base with two feet that can be folded away to leave more space to the mouse.

Finally, we can point out that the connectivity options include two HDMI 2.0 and a DisplayPort 2.1. Enough for the kind of monitor that it is.

In the absence of a launch date and price for Spain, we know that Asus will launch the ROG Swift Pro PG248QP in the United States during the second quarter of the year with an RRP of $899.